⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Won the second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to eight
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q4 2:12 · NO 68-82 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Paul technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:13 · NO 38-51 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 10:03 · NO 2-13 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q1 1:55 · NO 11-26 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q3 4:41 · NO 40-62 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 31% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 1 | Threes made | 6 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 7 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
